Rory/DJ vs. Rickie/Wolff Skins Game at Seminole!

[iacas]

Woo! I'm more excited for this than the Tiger/Phil redux:

 

More details here:

Rory-DJ vs. Fowler-Wolff in charity skins game

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Rory McIlroy will partner with Dustin Johnson to play Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a team skins game that will benefit COVID-19 relief efforts.

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The event will be aired live from 2-6 p.m. (ET) on NBC, Golf Channel, NBCSN and Sky Sports, and will be streamed for free on PGA Tour Live (NBC Sports Gold and Amazon Prime Video), GolfPass, GolfChannel.com.

[RoberX]

I am looking forward to watch this Skins match!

Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson headline charity match for COVID-19 relief

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A televised fundraiser for COVID-19 relief involving Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff will give fans their first live golf to watch since the sport was shut down in March due to the coronavirus...

 

[DeadMan]

Rory and DJ on the same team? That doesn’t seem very even. They should really give Rickie and Wolff a stroke a side. 
 

I will actually watch this. Hopefully they can show Seminole off well over TV. 

Edited May 4, 2020 by DeadMan

[cutchemist42]

I know golf scores can be pretty random but on paper I'd make the Rory side a decent face if handicapping it.

I like watching skins so I think this is great.

[Yukari]

I too am looking forward to watching this match more so that Tiger-Phil match.

[ChrisP]

Would love to see an event at Streamsong. Now that’s a Florida course that would look glorious on TV. Played it a few months ago and it’s one of the best I’ve ever played and I’ve played some beauties.

[iacas]

10 hours ago, ChrisP said:

Would love to see an event at Streamsong. Now that’s a Florida course that would look glorious on TV. Played it a few months ago and it’s one of the best I’ve ever played and I’ve played some beauties.

I don't think Streamsong would translate to TV well at all.

TV flattens the heck out of landscapes. Streamsong has some elevation, but the genius there is in the scale in terms of width and the subtleties in terms of height.

[Herkimer]

I absolutely can't wait to finally see Seminole.  

I also love skins games, so I'm looking forward to the match as well.

Also, I find it hard to believe that any course in Florida would be considered one of the greats.

[klineka]

3 hours ago, Herkimer said:

Also, I find it hard to believe that any course in Florida would be considered one of the greats.

I don't see anywhere in this thread or the linked articles that anyone said that. Am I missing it? 

The closest I found was in the ESPN article which stated 

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An added benefit is getting to see Seminole, a Donald Ross-designed course typically ranked among America's best

Which is accurate, it ranked 12th in the Golf Digest Top 100 U.S. courses for 2019-2020 ahead of some pretty famous courses including Riviera, The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, Pinehurst No. 2, etc.

[Braivo]

How it works: TaylorMade Driving Relief skins match

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The TaylorMade Driving Relief supported by UnitedHealth Group skins match takes place Sunday at historic Seminole Golf Club in Florida. The team of Rory McIlroy-Dustin Johnson will face the team of Rickie Fowler-Matthew...

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NOTABLE PLAYING ADJUSTMENTS

Unlike regular PGA TOUR events, some interesting adjustments have been made for this competition:

• Distance measuring devices (DMD) will be allowed. However, the use of slope and elevation features on DMDs will not be permitted.

• All players may wear shorts.

• No caddies are allowed. Thus, all players will walk and carry their own bags or pull a trolley. Carts will be used to transport players to the 17th hole in case of a playoff.

• Players will wear mics. On-course interviews by NBC announcers will also take place.

 

I'll be tuning in Sunday for sure. It'll be interesting to see DJ carrying his own clubs that's for certain. Ranger finders too!

[Yukari]

I wonder if anyone will be using a pull trolley.

Can't they just use automatic trolley that simply follows you around via the bluetooth?  Surely a sponsor of such a device would love to lend them for free exposure.

[Wally Fairway]

4 hours ago, Yukari said:

I wonder if anyone will be using a pull trolley.

Can't they just use automatic trolley that simply follows you around via the bluetooth?  Surely a sponsor of such a device would love to lend them for free exposure.

I'd love to see one (or more) of them use an autoamatic trolley, but it certainly wouldn't be for free; these guys make bank as a walking advertisement so I think they would use one if the price was right.

[Vinsk]

44 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

I'd love to see one (or more) of them use an autoamatic trolley, but it certainly wouldn't be for free; these guys make bank as a walking advertisement so I think they would use one if the price was right.

So long as we don’t have to get interrupted with a silly talk by the ‘CEO’ about how his company has changed the game....blah blah. If someone wants to run their ball washer....do it while continuing to show the golf.

[Herkimer]

They're gonna slaughter that course and will birdie all the par 5's.  

[Bonvivant]

I wonder how much DJ and Rory have actually been playing. I know Rickie hasn't really stopped at all and I would assume that Wolff is in the same boat. I think there is a pretty good chance that this ends up closer than the line-makers are calling.

On 5/15/2020 at 9:13 AM, Yukari said:

I wonder if anyone will be using a pull trolley.

Push cart mafia!

[iacas]

Routing the Ridges

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Donald Ross's savvy, efficient design at Seminole Golf Club

Gonna read that before tomorrow.

[jamo]

3 hours ago, Bonvivant said:

I wonder how much DJ and Rory have actually been playing. I know Rickie hasn't really stopped at all and I would assume that Wolff is in the same boat. I think there is a pretty good chance that this ends up closer than the line-makers are calling.

I think I saw Rory say he took like 7 weeks off before starting up again a week or so ago.

[Bonvivant]

4 minutes ago, jamo said:

I think I saw Rory say he took like 7 weeks off before starting up again a week or so ago.

Good info. I don't know if taking 7 weeks off will be enough to give Fowler/Wolff any sort of edge, but its a start lol.